Explains how the new federal copyright law seriously jeopardizes the important author/creator rights embodied in the doctrine of moral rights, shortens the duration of protection for unpublished works, and poses the threat of greatly expanding "legal infringement" under the fair use rule. (GW)

Discusses "A National Periodicals Center Technical Development Plan," published in August 1978 by the Council on Library Resources. Topics covered include the priority, the plan, purposes, the program, participants and price, the publisher, and parameters. (VT)

Basic guidelines for compliance to new federal legislation on copyrights are given. (MJB)

Reviews the legal ramifications of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 for instructors and librarians, offering specific guidelines about fair use of films and videotapes. (DMM)

Discusses the impact on copyright owners of technological innovation (cable, subscription and direct broadcast television; photocopying and microform reproduction; computer input, manipulation, retrieval, transmission; and improved means of audio and video recording) and enumerates a number of steps that must be taken if copyright is to survive.…

Contains comparative data about different types of equipment, furniture, and specialty items used in business education programs. (JOW)

Analyzes the Alex Caughran article on the teacher and the copyright law, concluding that copyright law is a complicated field and to oversimplify it is a disservice to teachers. See also CS 705 949. (RD)

Coin operated photo-copying machines enable students to reproduce materials at five cents a page instead of ten cents a page. (HS)

Problems of photographic reproduction are map format, legibility, color, and physical composition. A discussion of copyright and the fair use'' doctrine, donor and agency restrictions, and national classification procedures is included. The need for improved map handling is emphasized. (10 references) (Author/DH)

Only one of the four significant developments of the year, copyright, is not focused on micro-imaging; the other three--the arrival of ultramicrofiche in libraries, and the microform plans of the Government Printing Office and of the Department of Defense--are all micro''. (106 references) (Author)

Tells why certain kinds of books appear to be threatened by both the new technology and by attacks on the copyright system. (Author/DR)

Break-even analysis is applied to determine what magnitude of titles added per year is sufficient to utilize economically Library of Congress proof slips and a Xerox 914 copying machine in the cataloging operation of a library. A formula is derived, and an example of its use is given. (1 reference) (Author/SJ)